No company, institution, government or agency can afford to contain and maintain all the resources they need in house. In a connected and fast changing world those needs are not static, they are dynamic and fast changing. So, outsourcing and insourcing, flexible working, BYOD, Social Networking, Open Access and Apps have become essential to flexibility and adaptability. But, perhaps more importantly ‘collaboration’ provides a prime element to success, that spans most sectors across the planet. The various modes and tools of eCollaboration between people are well documented including: audio and video conferencing, connected white boards and meeting spaces are perhaps the most common. But there is far more when we include machines. People use and collaborate with machines at all levels, but increasingly the machines are autonomously collaborating. “When things think, they want to link” The inclusion of intelligence and smarts sees everything from our mobile devices to laptops, PCs, MainFrames and Super Computers starting to engage in cooperation and invisible conversations. The Cloud is amplifying this to our advantage with a growing range of apps backed up with distributed data, resources, networking, computing power and intelligences. Truth Engines and Intelligent Search and Find are also being developed to make available a range of new (easy to use) group and profession specific apps. Most of us seem to spend more time locating information and the right people, than we devote to being creative and finding solutions. Our biggest challenge is to understand (in a shorter and shorter time frame), find the appropriate skill cells and get them all to come together as an effective team. “The power to convene is both rare and coveted” The old ways of working are falling by the wayside in the leading companies operating in the fastest moving sectors, whilst nothing much is happening (yet) at the other end of the market spectrum. But in this 21C the winners will be the global teams that connect, network and collaborate to maximise there creativity, and become the primary creators and solution finders.

1. Connection
Communication
Collaboration
Peter Cochrane
cochrane.org.uk
ca-global.biz
Comprehension
s o l u t i o n s

2. Collaboration
The divisions between people, peoples, devices and things, plus machines of
all kinds are being eroded by need, opportunity, and the necessity to reduce
waste in the interests of finding solutions…
Apps, Nets, services, companies
All available by the score for
every conceivable opportunity
(and) space ??
All well documented and advertised !

3. THe bigger picture

4. things that think want to link
The divisions between people, peoples, devices and things, plus machines of
all kinds are being eroded by need, opportunity, and the necessity to reduce
waste in the interests of finding sustainable solutions…
A future of collaboration includes machines and things on the move

5. interdependence
No company, institution, government,
big or small can afford all the in house
resources and expertise they need…
…they have no choice but to adopt
networking and sharing…
…and this is mostly on a global and
highly dynamic scale!

6. old methods
Fundamentally unable to meet
our needs and satisfy the
demands of a technologically
driven world…
…we need an entirely new
approach to the way we work,
solve problems, create new
products and solutions

7. Experience & Instinct
Served us well in a slow, disconnected and well
behaved linear world …but now they are very
often dangerous…
…in a fast, highly connected and non-linear world,
things are not generally well behaved and emergent
behaviours are the norm

8. INSTANT EXPERTISE
Remembering stuff and processes is no
longer sufficient…
…we need better problem solving skills
and more creativity…to realise sustainable
economies and futures…

9. Comprehension
Our single biggest challenge is to
understand the natural world, and
the one we created and now live
in…which is accelerating faster than
ever before…
…both are non-linear, choatic (in the
mathematical sense) and confounding !

10. A new book is published ~ 13 seconds
A new scientific abstract ~ 13 ms
Online updates << 13 µs
Publication Rates
are Accelerating
EXEMPLAR Challenge

11. This technology helps, a little, but it is
certainly not the answer !
Just a band aid ?

12. AI - our best hope ?
Right now it is our only hope of
coping with a growing deluge of
data, increasing complexity, &
the need to satisfy a peoples
inhabiting a planet of finite
resources growing ever
strained and depleted….

13. exemplar Profession
On the day they graduate
to treating patients about
50% of ever ything they
were taught and learned is
out of date…
…and no matter how they try
they cannot keep on top of
clinical advances and stand
no chance of reading all the
published works…even in the
specialisms they are defeated
by the speed of advance…

14. I B M W AT S O N
H u m a n s ove r t a ke n by 2 0 1 1

15. A I g o e s r e a l t i m e …
… a s a C l o u d A p p . .

16. T h e T r u t h E n g i n e
C o m i n g s o o n
A c o r r e l a t i n g
a g g r e g a t i o n m a c h i n e
a b l e t o g a u g e c o r r e c t n e s s
o f p r o p o s i t i o n s , s t a t e m e n t s &
f a c t s i n a f u l l y d y n a m i c m a n n e r

17. A c o r r e l a t i n g
a g g r e g a t i o n m a c h i n e
a b l e t o g a u g e c o r r e c t n e s s
o f p r o p o s i t i o n s , s t a t e m e n t s &
f a c t s i n a f u l l y d y n a m i c m a n n e r
T R U T H L I N E S

18. If we do not engage in the sharing of data, information,
experience and knowledge…just how bad could it be ??
Look no further than the
IT security business !
exemplar Industry Fail !

19. Lower Skill Sets
Fewer People
Far Less $$
the balance of resources
Hacker
Groups
Criminals
Rogue States Banks
NetCos
Companies
Institutions
Governments
Best Skill Sets
Most People
Far More $$

20. Looks like one big paradox !
Lower Skill Sets
Fewer People
Far Less $$
the balance of power !
Hacker
Groups
Criminals
Rogue States
Banks
NetCos
Companies
Institutions
Governments
Best Skill Sets
Most People
Far More $$

21. Estimated from people, compute power and $$$!
the scale of capability
Red
(Bad)
Force
Blue
(Good)
F o rc e
1<< 300

22. Need To Know
two extreme modes
Need To Share

23. The art of war
S u n T z u
544 - 496 BC
“He will win whose army is animated by
the same spirit throughout all its ranks”
Why the Red Force is winning
Connection
Communication
Collaboration

24. Those sharing will always
outgun those that go
it alone ?
AXIOMATIC ?
The shor t term might
be a different stor y !
One size does
not fit all !
Lockheed
MicroSoft
Motorola
Dupont
Airbus
Apple
Nokia
Kodak
DEC
IBM
GD
3M
GE
HP
RR

25. Some sectors are not
innovating as fast as
others…nor do they
face the same level
of competition…
pace of change

26. We a re c h a l l e n g e d b y a
precarious balancing act to
s e r v e t h e n o w , a n d t o
secure the unknown future
p o we re d b y t e c h c h a n g e
that is accelerating… E s t a b l i s h e d
technology
b u s i n e s s
processes
customers
competition
New technologies
Business choices
New opportunities
Old/new threats
Business Future
tech adoption
market potential
RoI, market value
sur vival, longevity
Balancing Act

27. A CHOICE OF MODE
Fail FastFail Slow
Certain
Disaster
Almost
Certain
Success
EARLY
detection
and
action
essential

28. You need bandwidth
Right culture
?
Language
is
a
killer
difficult dimensions
A n e f f e c t i v e i n f r a s t r u c t u r e i s v i t a l

29. This product
is to
compete
…duct is
complete
…is too
complete ?
…is to
repeat ? meetings
Four people are at four
different meetings !

30. Meine Mission ist es, meinen Laptop stolz auf mich zu sehen, bevor ich sterbe
My mission is to see my laptop proud of me before I die
Ma mission est fier de voir mon portable sur moi avant que je meure
La mia missione è orgoglioso di vedere il mio computer portatile su di me prima che io muoia
My mission is proud to see my laptop on me before I die
私の使命は、私が死ぬ前に私に私のラップトップを参照してくださいすることを誇りに思っている
My mission, are proud that please refer me to my laptop before I die
LanGuages
One for every profession
My mission is proud to see my laptop on me before I die

31. clarity
E ve r yo n e h a s a P h D i n h i n d s i g h t
b u t we a l l ( c o l l e c t i ve l y ) n e e d a
c l e a r p i c t u re o f w h a t l i e s a h e a d

32. the bigger jigsaw
Collaboration

33. W A R
G A M I N G
A r t i f i c i a l
I n t e l l i g e n c e
M
odelling
Com
puter
M at e r i a l
S c i e n c e
Clouds
B I G
D A T A
BYOD
BMOB
DIY IT
Sensors
Robots
C y b e r
Security
CONNECTED DRIVERS OF CHANGE
Nano
Bio

34. Of necessity a global activity

35. The ability to solve problems now
trumps pure and isolated academic
attainment…
Hiring ??
A good workforce includes
Specialists and PolyMaths…
…real and/or virtual…
Collaboration helps us get that
balance right dynamically !

36. 21C winners
&
Solution Producers
The
Collaborators
Networked
Creators
Connected
Virtual global team players

37. It really is up to us, our machines, and
our networks !!
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